Death of a modernist was another instance of Knot Capital
series, taking more “grounded” approach by incorporating
backdrop of a Martian landscape. The camera glides closely
over a knotted glass tube with rotating tape which reads
“Plane of modernism” on one side and “Plane or terrorism”
on the other. The whole scene is lit by an intense orange
glow, with hellish sun visible in the reflection.
The video itself drawn upon some thoughts put forward by
Reza Negarestani. Namely duality between the West and
Islamic terrorism and his tellurian thinking which rebells
against the Sun.
Alongside the video, a couple of frames were
printed on Dibond board and shown at Landscape 0, Kvalitář gallery in 2021.